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St. Landry democrat., 1887-05-07

An experienced poultryman thinks
that the cause of failures in the many
attempts to keep fowls in large num-
beers is due to lack of care. A far
mer will rise at o'clock in the morn
ing to feed and milk his COWS, will
carefully clean out the stalls and pre-
pare beds for the COWS, and his work
does not end till late, but he will not
do so much work for the hens. Yet
the hens will pay five times as much
profit, in proportion to labor and capt.
tai invested, as the COWS ST. Louis
Republican.
St. Landry democrat., 1887-05-07

IGNORANCE too often mistakes conoa's
for dignity. Albany Journal
, 1887-03-27

The brass sign with brass letters, which has
become in recent years such a common door
side ornament on business houses, is a thing
OF beauty only so long as 1t is kept bright.
When 1t is not FURNISHED frequently, and the
variations of our delightful climate get n
n at it, it speedily becomes anything but
attractive to the aesthetic eye. 1t takes more
than the perseverance which keeps honor
bright to make the brass sign shine. 1t takes
polishing powder, hard work, patience and
persistent rubbing.
Most of the brass signs on Broadway from
the Battery to Madison square WITCH are
polished at all, are nowadays pol shed by one
man. He dosn't do the actual rubbing and
scrubbing himself, but he takes a contract to
keep each sign constantly FURNISHED for so
much a month. He employs four, and some
times more assistants, and there is usually
work enough TO keep them more than busy
every working day Of the year. The origin
ator OF this unique occupation has retired
from active labor himself, and Is content to
take in tue very comfortable profits earned
by his assistants. New York Commercial
Advertiser.
, 1887-03-27
212 W. 18th St. 212 W. 18th st.
New Goods! New Goods!
HILLS & COODSELL
Are receiving all the latest styles in
MILLINERY GOODS

Are receiving all the latest styles in
MILLINERY GOODS
Which they are selling at very low prices,
and take pleasure in calling the attention
OF the
Ladies of Cheyenne ana Vicinity
To the fact that they wish to show them
their goods whether they purchase or not.
No customer is too small or too poor to
receive their best attention.
To Our Friends
We wish to express our gratitude to our
many patrons for past %iavors. while from
new friends we only ask a trial, confident
That Honest Dealing. Honest Goods and
Lowest Prices
Will result in our mutual benefit. In our
REsSMAKiNG DEPARTMENT
We guarantee perfect fitting suits, made
after the S. t. Taylor's system of cutting.
No cheap limitations of this system palmed
off on our customers as a superior method.
Our unequalled facilities in thus depart
ment, namely, no apprentice work, no
hired help, enable US to DEFY competition
both in workmanship and prices. We
don't want-don't necd-anyone's money
without giving a full equivalent.
, 1887-03-27

sey. but afterward won't to New York,
where he went into the busines OF
printing lottery tickets; and lotteries being
then a national craze, soon had a big bust
ness. In 1850, when lie retired from that
business, he was worth $4,000. Then he
went into ''the street, and soon after into real
estate. He was always a strong Democrat,
favored tho war, nominated Gen. Jackson
for the presidency and was very proud Of his
sons military success.
Mr.. Sickles was a strong Spiritualist, and
during his last illness he fully believed that
he was constantly surrounded by spirit
forms, whose intention, he said, was to minis
ter to bin in his weakness. They carried
musical instruments, he said, on which they
played, and were clad in n strange uniform.
Their leader he believed to be the spirit OF
some great musician long since deceased.
Nj. Siclles was twice married, and his
second marriage, in 1881. to Mrs. Mary Sher-
dan Sawyer, created a social sensation. The
bride had been his housekeeper, and a large
number Of invited guests witnessed the cere-
mony at st. Johns church, New York. There
WAS no wedding tour, INT the next morning
u weil ing breakfast was given at the Bel
mont hotel. The streets near by were made
impossible by the throng which gathered to
sec the bride and groom enter the hotel.
, 1887-03-27

THE success or the failure Of the new
interstate IN law, and the extent
to which that law will affect the business
interests of the country, will depend al
most entirely upon the members Of this
commission and their disposition to con-
strue its provisions either literally or
otherwise. 1t remains to be seen whether
or not they will be equal to the grave
emergency. We have u misgivings,
and yet the law and its commissioner
should be given a fair chance to work
out their own salvation
, 1887-03-27
Foreign student. in Edinburgh.

The Scottish universities are certainly
not so called because they are confined to
Scottish students. In the medical classes
at Edinburgh this year nearly as many
English as Scotch students have enrolled,
the respective numbers being us and 700.
There are 80 "medicals" from India, in
Guiding Thakoor, of Gondal, a reigning
Indian chief, 81 from Ireland, 265 from
the various British colonies, and others
from almost every country in the world.
Only 40 per cent. Of the medical students
are Scottish. The total of m~atriculated
students is 3,635, an increase of some
1890 in ten years, while in twenty years
the numbers have considerably more than
doubled. 1t is not generally known that
the lord rectorship was originally institu-
ted as a protection to foreign students. In
the Oldest Scottish universities the stu
dents are divided for electoral purposes
into what are called .'nations, and the
rector is elected by q majority of ina
tons" not by a majority of votes. This
does not hold In Edinburgh, where the
rectorship is of very recent origin.-St
James Gazette.
, 1887-03-27

frequently repro EX-GOVERNOR SMITH.
sented his district in congress, and he
was on the floor OF tho house when
Lincoln was iuaugurated. He startled
everybody ut that time by calling for egg
nog, which he drank on the floor of the house.
While governor he was twice the nominee
OF the Democrats for United States senator,
and was beaten first by r. M. 7. Hunter and
afterward by James III. Mason, by q coalition
of the solid Wing minority and the Calhoun
Democrats.
He canvassed Pennsylvania for Buchanan
in 1856, at Mr.. Bychanan's urgent request,
and made many converts for the Democrats
ly his ingenious pleas. As a politician he
was distinguished moro by dexterity than by
boldness As a soldier during the war-he
fought on the Confederate side-he was the
emblem of valor, rather than of tactical
skill. Fall In, Forty-ninth Virginia" will
come back to many q V%irginian soldier as he
recalls the rallying cry to his regiment Of
brave eS-Governor Smith.
Maj. Ben: Pcrley Poore tells of an interest
ing incident in the old mans career. Mai.
Poore left the Office of the newspaper in which
he was employed one fine day during the
Pierce administration to go to the Capitol.
As soon rs he reached the sidewalk he saw at
a short distance two men in an angry dispute.
They clinched and fell to the sidewalk, and
the major presently found that the under
man was his chief, the editor OF the paper,
while Extra Billy" was on top. By some
misfortune the editor had gone down with
Extra Billy's" thumb In his mouth, and the
Virginian was bowling and protesting In very
supplementary language that 1that's no
way to fight a gentleman" The editor hung
on. however, until the ~bystanders separated
the two.
His only surviving sons are Col. Thomas
Smith and Capt. Frederick Smith. The four
others are dead. One Of them, James Caleb
Smith, went to California in 1850 with his
father, and fought a duel there with Senator
Broderick in the presence of thousands Of
people. Col. Tom Smith challenged and
fought Editor Elan, of The Rich
mond Wing, when that paper was
controlled by the Malone influence. Mr..
Elan was shot in the mouth, and to-day
suffers from his wounds moro than from that
he subsequently, received in his duel with
Editor Beirne, of The Richmond State, who
wounded him III tue leg. Austin Smith, still
another son, was u delegate to the Democratic
convention ut Charleston In 1SC0, and in the
course of its proceedings had a very lively
row with Ger. b. F. Butler. Austin Smith
died from u wound received at Fair Oaks In
1862.
The days of Ex-Governor Smiths last i'll
ness wcro passed at his home In Wurrenton,
Va, tho social capital OF tho district be 50
often represented in congress before the war.
The portrait given Is from a photograph
taken during the war, as is apparent from the
uniform. But a gentleman who saw him
only q short time ago assures tho writer that
up to quite a recent period the governor re-
taihed almost the Same appearance. His
vitality and youthful looks have been often
spoken of as marvellous during the past few
Xeafs-
, 1887-03-27

once said to the writer:
~Well, / believe 1t can be done by and by.
1t has been found that from twelve to sixteen
hours before the approach of q tornado n pc
culiar yellow appearance Is to DO observed
to the southwest. II this could be telegraphed
to the signal Office by postmasters and the
knowledge thus obtained compared with other
available data, 1 think tornadoes could be
predicted with q reasonable degree of GER
tainty. The terribly destructive Georgia
tornado of 1884 was preceded by a deep, mar
row trough Of low barometer, tho sides of
which were exceptionally steep. Into this
low area rushed n strong current Of hot air
from the south and a strong current of cold
air from the northwest. A rapid gyratory
movement resulted. People who have never
experienced one OF these terrible storms can
form no correct idea of their severity. We
have some strange relics In Washington.
Among them is a piece Of board imbedded In
a section of the trunk Of a growing pine tree.
The board Is part of a house that stood some
coo or 700 yards from the tree when the tor
nado came. Six people were In the house at
the time and were all killed. The board Is SO
firmly imbedded In the trunk that it cannot
be taken out.
~ am more and more inclined to believe
that the sun spots have indirectly something
y III AZ VIZ paw tAASh'@ Va AOAA1
Lieut.. Powell was one of the indication
officers the duties OF which position are so
arduous that it is impossible for q man to do
them for more than a month at q time, a
number of officers serving in rotation. Lieut..
Powell's indications were always exception
ally near the perfection point.
When 1t was found necessary to sem pro-
visions to Lieut.. Ray at Point barrow, away
up north, Lieut.. Powell was intrusted with
the mission. His stories Of life among the
Esquimaux were highly interesting, and his
descriptions of the ice Of the far north were
very vivid. He agreed with Lieut.. Ray in
believing that the open Polar sea Is a dream.
The fact that large 6ocks of ducks go north
ward, the existence of a strong current bear
ing northeast and the land mirages seen to the
north by Lieut.. Ray oil argue for this theory.
II don't believe the pole can ever be reached by
a ship said Lieut.. Powell. "You have no
idea of the horror of the ice. Why, Esquimaux
even will not 60 to the far north If they can
help it. ! believe the captive balloon plan Is
the best one to solve the Arctic mysteries. A
height can be obtained which with q strong
glass will make it possible to see hundreds of
miles, and l rave no doubt that in this way
the pole could be seen, and II a visit to it Is
practicable the road found out"
Lieut.. Powell was a native Of the District Of
Columbia He entered the signal corps from
the army IN 1873, receiving a commission as
sergeant. In November, 1879, lie was made
a second lieutenant. A short time ago he
offered his resignation i'll order to enter the
weather service of the Union Pacific railroad.
1t was not accepted, but he was placed under
arrest on a charge of having duplicated his
pay accounts.
, 1887-03-27

Manufactured only by the California
Fig Syrup company, San Francisco, Cal,
is nature own true laxative. This pleas
ant California liquid fruit remedy maybe
had of W. N. Hunt. Large bottles at
SO cents or one dollar. 1t is the most
pleasant. prompt and effective remedy
known to cleanse the system; to act on
the liver, kidneys and bowels gently yet
thoroughly; to dispel headaches, colds and
%fevers; to cure constipation, indigestion
and kindred ills.
, 1887-03-27

AT A meeting Of the Union Labor party
in Chicago, on Sunday, one of the orators
announced, with a great rhetorical -four
ish: "A ~workingman will next sit in the
presidential chair at Washington" This
is one of the most probable things in the
world. Whoever gets there will be there
by working with all his might to get in.
A presidential candidate is always a work
ingman par excellence.
, 1887-03-27

happy couple o
their wedding trip
to Florida will en-
gage In business
with Mr.. Andrews.
In connection with
this subject, tue
public may be in
tercsted in knowing
that the groolnis
mother still makes
Calumet place, the
old family resi-,
dcnce at Washing
ton, her home. She
would never feel SO
perfectly at home
, 1887-03-27

Thiee very well dressed young men OF St
Louis tried 10 get up a filtration with two
pretty girls in a public hall, and finally one Of
the men spoke to one OF the girls and asked
her to talk to him and mile for five minutes
in order that he might win a IS bet that be
could bold n conversation with her. She
Immediately had the young man and his two
companions arrested, and after n night In tho
lock up one was fined IS, one SEQ, and one
$50. Chicago Herald.
, 1887-03-27

AMERICANS have to admit that the
Canadians have good reason to poke fun
at us for the assertion made by some
American statesmen that the New Eng
land fishing feet rs "a nursery for the
American navy" That feet is more Of a
nursery for the Canadian or British navy,
since rs per cent Of the men who man it
are British subjects.
, 1887-03-27
AMONG THE SAvAGES.
EMlN PASHA AND HIS AFRICAN JOUR-
NEYlNGS.

Now Interest Felt In tho Matter Because
of Tidings that tho Plucky German
Doctor and Traveller il Safe-History
of His Lifo Work.
The news not long ago received that Emin
Pasha was safe, at n comparatively re-
cent date. revives interest in his expedition,
and that Of Henry NJ. Stanley, who has gone
to the rescue.
DR.. Emin twhom the caliph has now hon.
ored, though much too late, by giving him
the title Of pasha, the highest gift in his
power), is by birth q S~ilesian, and his real
name is Schnitcler. He studied at Paris, Ber-
lin and Vienna, then entered the Egyptian
army as physician, and III 1876 was sent
from Cairo to Gordon, who was then gov
ernor Of the equatorial provinces. Gordon
, 1887-03-27

Pasha e soon
made Emin ERen-
di, as his title then
was, the chief ply
stefan, and employ
cd him In several
diplomatic m 1
81 o 8 Two OF
these missions took
him to Uganda,
that negro country
on the southern
shore of Lake Vic
toria Nyanza. the
young Arabian
ruler of which has
lately made for
himself such O tor
, 1887-03-27

Col WRIGHT, the government ~statisti-
clan, is preparing to collect the statistics
of marriage and divorce ordered by the
last congress, which appropriated $4,000
for the work. This is a very important
step. The results will doubtless greatly
aid in bringing about the passage Of a
national divorce law which will do away
with the great abuses under the present
state systems.
, 1887-03-27

| have used Chamberlain cough
Remedy. IN fact will now use no other
kind. II promptly relieves coughs and is
unequalled for the throat and lungs.
Robert A. Nef, comedian with Peck's
Bad Boy company, Denver. Colo, March
/, 1887. Chamberlain's Cough Remedy
is sold BY W. N. Hunt, druggist.
, 1887-03-27

GEN. SHERIDAN's announcement that
Uncle Sans supply Of powder is getting
very low ought not to encourage Our Can
adian ~neighbors to any daring acts of de
%iance, If Uncle Sam really wants some
gunpowder he can get enough to practice
with on credit. AT the same time con-
gress ought not to have put the army aud
navy on short punpowder %rations.
, 1887-03-27

OF the age 10 the medical line is the
liquid fruit remedy, Syrup Of Figs. man.
ufactured only by the California FIG
Syrup company, San Francisco, Cal. 1t
Is agreeable to the taste, acceptable to the
stomach, harmless in its nature, painless
yet prompt and thorough in its action.
For sale by W. n. Hunt, 1919 Eddy
street.
, 1887-03-27
GEORGE G. SlcKLES,

Father of Gen. sIckles, Who Died at New
Rochelle Last Week.
George G. Sickles, whose portrait follows,
was chiefly known Of late years as the father
of Gen. Daniel Z. Sickles. Hc was some little
time ago reported lying very Ill at his
home i'll New Rochelle, N. Y, and his
death was recorded last week. In the old
days he was a man of considerable Importance,
especially In Now York city. He
, 1887-03-27

IT Is said Judge Cooley givesup 1926
900 place to take a position which pays
less than a third that much on the inter-
state commission. Judge
Cooley is the kind of man who thinks
there is more in life than mere money
, 1887-03-27
getting.

SENATOR MCPHERSON, Of New jersey,
explains that he has retained his health
in public life by eating a bowl Of mush
and milk before he goes to a Washing
ton dinner and one on his return home.
At the dinner no eats little or nothing
and drinks no wine. Some other states
men ought to catch on to the mush and
milk nlan-
, 1887-03-27

Queen Margaret of Italy personally selects
all the Christmas presents for her servants
and for the inmates of her various charitable
institutions. To direct her in this task she
keeps n book in which she notes down such
hints as the colors of their eyes and hair, and
other details, so hal the dresses etc, she may
get them will be becomifg.-New York Tri-
hnna
, 1887-03-27

March %, at
Youngstown, Ohio,
the home of the
bride, has attracted
very general at
tention. The bride
is the daughter OF
c. II. Andrews, tho
millionaire, Ii o
made his money in
coal and iron. She
has been a great
.~favorite in society,
and, as the sketch
shows, Is n very
comely young lady.
She II a skillful
, 1887-03-27

tion he grew to be
known MS Extra
Billy Smith. lie
was first elected
governor two 0
OF years ago and
when the war was
brought to a close
lie was again gov
ernor, having been
elected this time be-
cause Of his fighting
qualities as colonel
of tue Forty-ninth
Virginia infantry.
Before the war he
, 1887-03-27

A story is told Of the Importance with
which the condition OF tho Sultan OF Turkey
Is viewed by his people. A Turkish journal
gravely printed one morning: "His majesty
is slightly i~ndisposed, having been bitten by a
mosquito last night
, 1887-03-27

elsewhere rs there, and she still occupies us her
bedroom the apartment used by herself and the
general, and in which he breathed his last. The
match made by her son meets with her hearty
approval, and n strong affection exists be-
tween the senior and the junior Mrs. Logan.
, 1887-03-27

The nomenclature OF society Is enriched by
the phrase slick up" After a swell dinner
there Is much broken victuals and many stubs
Of bottles of wine. These are used in n sort
of poor relation reception next day. which 10
q slick u~p."-Chicago Herald.
, 1887-03-27
WE vCNSOV


Is warranted. is because 1t is the best
Blood Preparation known. 1t will posi-
lively cure all Blood Diseases, puriHes the
whole system. and thoroughly builds up the
constitution Remember. we guarantee 1t.
Poarso 4 MoGll, Druggists.
, 1887-03-27
TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION,

Daily, delivered by carrier. 25c per week.
81 per month.
Daily, bv mail. 81 Dor month, $500 for six
months, $40 per year. .l advance.
Weekly s2.5J per annum, Sl.G for six months,
pavable In advance.
, 1887-03-27

was 81 years old.
George &. Sickles
was born i'll New
York city, and he
always retained n
legal residence
there. He began
life as q printers
devil, when older
leaving the Office
and entering a law
Office and after Il
time going into the
dry goods business.
In 1929 lie ran a
Democratic news
popei. I'm New Ter
, 1887-03-27

Voice from Outside-Grandpa.
Ethelbert-S-h, hes asleep and I'm having
an elegant time with him. I've found four
monkeys that he looks like in my natural his
tory book. and I'm waiting for him to move
q little and look Ike this gorilla It'd Bits.
, 1887-03-27

Mn. Winslow's Soothing Syrup should
always be used for children teething. 1t
soothes the child, %softens the gums, al
Lays the pain, cures wind collie, and is the
best remedy for diarrhea. Twenty-Five
cents a bottle.
, 1887-03-27
A FIGURE IN HISTORY.
Ex-Governor william Smith. of Virginia,
and His Career.

and His Career.
TIL newspapers have lately contained brief
notes to the effect that Ex-Governor Smith, of
Virginia, is stricken with a fatal illness from
which no can by no means recover. His
death may be expected any day, and perhaps
1t will have been recorded before this reaches
tho readers eye.
William Smith was born in 1871 in King
George county, Va. He was a figure in the
history Of his state and of the nation. In his
early days he was n mail contractor and because
OF his repeated demands for extra compensa-
, 1887-03-27
Dr.. Wagaer&co.
sPECIAIIsTs

We offer no apology tpir deyoting so much time
and attention to this much neglected class Of
diseases believing that no condition Of humanity
Is too wretched to merit the sympathy and best
services OF the profession to which we belong
as many are Innocent sufferers, and that
the physician who devotes himself
to relieving the afflicted and saving
them from worse than death, Is no less 9
philanthr0phist and a benefactor to his race
THAI the surgeon or physician h by close ap-
plicariOn ex cells In any other branch OF his pro-
Is dawning when the false pniisnthrophy that
condemned the Victims OF folly or CRIME, like
the lepers under the Jewish law. to die uncared
for, has passed away.
, 1887-03-27

No nauseous drug. Red Star cough
cure; pleasant, prompt, safe. Twenty
FIVE cents.
, 1887-03-27

What you need is a medicine which is
pure, efficient, reliable. Such is Hoods
Sarsaparilla. 1t possesses peculiar cura-
tive mowers.
, 1887-03-27

Now is the time to make fortunes in
real estate. Earthquakes are not due
here until 1889.
, 1887-03-27
LIEUT.. POWELL.

Tho brilliant Young Scientist WHO Died
Last Week.
Lieut.. Joseph T.. Powell, of the Um-cd
States signal service, whose death WINS IA
nounced last week, was one of the most bril-
liant and ut the same time painstalng and
thorough Of the soldier scientists who predict
the weather for the American people. Ho
, 1887-03-27

DAILY LEADER. all transient ad advertisements
10 cents per line each Insertion, 6 consecutive
Insertions = cents per line one month 8 cents
per line.
Minor mention notices, among local reading
matter, Is cents per line each Insertion.
WEEKLY LEADER. all transient advertise
ments IS cents per line FIRST Insertion one
month, % cents per line SIX months 10 cents
DER line one year s cents per line. Marriage
md birth notices Sl.0 each. No advertisement
inserted for less than % cents.
Ii. CLAICHE. Publisher.
, 1887-03-27

Letter heads, bill heads and note heads
at tho Leader office.
, 1887-03-27

KANSAS has struck oil. AS the state
already had plenty Unnatural gas it is nov
we'll fixed.
, 1887-03-27

horsewoman and rides with spirit and grace.
The groom is q yonng man OF considerable
business nbility, mud upon the return Of the
, 1887-03-27
YOUNG ME-

Who may be suffering from the effects OF youth
full follies or indiscretions, will do well to avail
themselves OF this the greatest boon ever laid
at the alter OF suffering humanity. DIR. WAC
NER will guarantee to forfeit Ave hundred dol
lars for every case Of seminal weakness or pri-
vate disease of any kind or character which he
undertakes and falls to cure.
, 1887-03-27
BRIDE AND GROOM.

John A. Logan and Miss Edith A.
Andrews.
The marriage of John A. Logan to Miss
Edith A. Andrews, set down for Tuesday,